Comments on: Microsoft investigates possible Xbox Live security breach and finds no breach at all http://www.krunker.com/2007/03/21/the-next-zune-update-taking-a-bit-longer-than-expected/ Technology Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Microsoft Xbox Phone Staffers giving away private info | Krunker http://www.krunker.com/2007/03/21/the-next-zune-update-taking-a-bit-longer-than-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-51641 Microsoft Xbox Phone Staffers giving away private info | Krunker Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:03:15 +0000 http://www.krunker.com/2007/03/21/the-next-zune-update-taking-a-bit-longer-than-expected/#comment-51641 [...] Yesterday we posted a story about the supposed Xbox Live security investigations being done by Microsoft. Just to recap - many Xbox Live users were complaining that their accounts were being hijacked and as a result, Microsoft investigated whether there indeed was a breach wihin Xbox Live or Bungie.net. After the investigation, Microsoft stated that the hijackings were a result of user error - with people accidentally giving away their information to would be hijackers or thiefs. End of story right? Well not so fast folks. An article over at ExtremeTech is posing a different light on the topic. It appears that Microsoft Xbox Phone Staffers (many of whom are outsourced) are the ones who are responsible for giving away too much information to would be hijackers. [...] [...] Yesterday we posted a story about the supposed Xbox Live security investigations being done by Microsoft. Just to recap – many Xbox Live users were complaining that their accounts were being hijacked and as a result, Microsoft investigated whether there indeed was a breach wihin Xbox Live or Bungie.net. After the investigation, Microsoft stated that the hijackings were a result of user error – with people accidentally giving away their information to would be hijackers or thiefs. End of story right? Well not so fast folks. An article over at ExtremeTech is posing a different light on the topic. It appears that Microsoft Xbox Phone Staffers (many of whom are outsourced) are the ones who are responsible for giving away too much information to would be hijackers. [...]

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